FAMOUS PEARLS
, «SOLD FOR : CHARITABLE r. . . -.;■- ;-. .PURPOSES.;»-. .' :,. . . ;.. '■ (UNITED PRESS ..ASs'ociATION.—COPTRIQHT.) (.AUSTKALUN-NHW" ZEALAND. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) '' ; : :'■■'• ""'■. ■'■■ ■• ■'■,'PARIS/ 16th June.:' '-Pearls'formerly- owned: by" Madame Thiers, widow, of the -famous statesman, have been sold by auction for "the record sum of; .33142,000.' The pearls were presented to the Louvre by M.Thiers's sister in, 1881/ but as v their, artistic value a? ah exhibit was . considered to have expired, Parliament agreed, to the sale. ■ The proceeds will be applied to charities',
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 7
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76FAMOUS PEARLS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 7
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